Governor attachment



Oct. 28, 1912 1.

H. QUEINSEL GOVERNOR ATTACHMENT Filed March 21. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l v gvvue'ntoz .5222) Que/Mei H. 'duENsEL GQVERNOR ATTACHMENT Fifed arch 21. 1921 2 Shasta-Sheet. 2

Patented Get. 28, 1924.

HENRY QUENSEL, OF TOWAINDA, ILLINOIS.

GOVERNOR ATTACHMENT.

Application filed March 21, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY QUENSEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Towanda, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Governor Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to governor attachments, and is particularly adaptable to tractors. I

The primary object of the invention is to provide a governor attachment adaptable particularly to Fordson tractors, but while being designed particularly for tractors of this type is nevertheless capable of being effectually carried out with other types of tractors, motor vehicles or internal combustion engines.

A further object of the invention is to provide an attachment which will be readily applicable to the engine, and which, upon the latter reaching a predetermined speed of operation, will operate automatically to diminish the supply of gas to the explosion chambers, thus reducing the speed of the engine.

A further object is to provide a device of the character stated, wherein the maingovernor operating shaft is employed for transmitting power to the magneto.

A still further and particular object of the invention is to provide a governor attachment of such construction that the housing for the governor drive shaft additionally acts as a support for the magneto.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the housing for the main governor drive shaft,

Figure 2 is a slightly enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken through such housing and illustrating the connectionbetween the shaft therein and the cam shaft of the tractor motor,

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the housing and illustrating the governor mechanism, and

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view illustrating the means employed for driving the governor spindle.

Figure 5 is a view of the magneto-end of Serial N0. 454,256.

the support, showing the application of the magneto.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 5 indicates a horizontal sleeve or 'housing'for the main governor and magneto drive shaft, the same being of cast metal and of tubular formation having a lug or" passing through ears 6-8 and entering the" body of the casing will securely hold the housing upon the casing, the housing portion 7 accommodating the forward end of cam shaft 9 of the engine. The sleeve or housing 5, and coacting housing parts, provide a bracket or support for the ignitioirmagneto, the governor which controls the speed of the engine by regulating the supply of fuel thereto, and a shaft which receives motion from the engine and drives both the magneto and the governor, the whole forming a unit which may be readily and conveniently applied to and removed as such from the engine casing.

The forward end of the cam shaft is pro vided with a worm 10 which meshes with a worm 11 disposed within housing 5 and secured upon shaft 12 extending throughout the length of the said housing. The shaft 12 is mounted in suitablebearings 13 in the said housing as shown, and protrudes at one end beyond the said housing. This protruding end of the said shaft is adapted to be coupled in any suitable manner (not shown) with a magneto for use in connection with the motor; the magneto being adapted to be supported upon a bracket arm or plat-- form portion 14 formed upon the adjacent end of housing 5.

The housing 5 near its opposite or inner end has formed thereon an upright sleeve or worm casing 15, the latter being disposed at right angles to housing 5 and being ofl--- set from the latter. The said opposite or inner end of shaft 12 is provided with a Ill worm 16 in mesh with a Worm gear 17 car ried by a governor spindle 18 mounted at its lower end in a suitable bearing 19 in the worm casing. The spindle 18 projects upwardly from casing 15 and carries a suitable governor indicated generally at 20. No stress is laid upon the particular type of governor to be employed with the device in carrying the invention into effect, how ever, a governor of the ball type is shown herein for the purposes of illustration. The governor controls the sliding movements of collar 21 upon spindle 18, and this collar is provided With an outwardly projecti" pin 22 straddled by the bifurcated lower end of a rocker control lever 23. Lever is pivoted as at 2 1- near its lower end to a brac tet 25 secured to the worm casing; the said bracket being employed at its upper end as a bearing member for the upper end of the governor spindle. The upper es:- tremity of control lever 23 is connected with bracket by means of a contractile sprr 26, the latter normally maintaining the lever in inward or retracted position. lever is provided with a series of apertures 27, in any one of which the adjacent end of a throttle valve control linlt 28 may be socured. f

This control link extends iroin the lever preferably to the butterfly or throttle valve of the internal combustion motor, and it will be understood that movements of the said lever will govern the degree of opening and closing of the said throttle valve.

In operation, the linl: 28 will be engaged within one of the openings 27 in the control lever, this adjustment depending upon the degree of speed it is desired the motor to reach before closing the throttle valve a predetermined degree As the motor operates, the main governor shaft .2 will rotate, as will. spindle 18 of the governor mechanism. hen the spindle 18 rotates with sufficient rapidity to cause the governor 20 thereof to lift the collar 21, the pin. 22 thereon will cause the inner or lower end of control lever 23 to move upwardly, whereupon said lever will rock upon pivot A l causing the upper end thereof to move outwardly against the tension of spring 26. This operation of the lever causes link to throttle the motor, whereupon the speed of the latter is accordingly diminishet. The magneto which will be supported upon the platform 14 is to be connected directly to shaft 12, and as the motor slows down, so will the operation of the magneto be diminished,

From the forgeoing it is obvious that l have provided a governor for tractors which is exceedingly siinpleof construction and which will prove thoroughly practical in carrying the various objects into effect. lts simplicity of construction and the facility with which the same may be applied to the motor enables the same to be installed by one possessing only an ordinary or usual amount of mechanical intelligence, and the provision of a platform formed integral with the housing enables the governor operatin mechanism and the magneto to be maintained as a unit upon the engine.

While the above is a description of the invention in its preferred form, it is to be understood that this description is not to be considered a limitation thereof, as variance in the details of construction, the minor details and assemblage of parts, and manner of installation may be resorted to if desired without departing from the invention as defined by the claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, 1 claim:

1. In a controlling device for auto trac-- tors, the combination of a support having central horizontal bearing portion, a horizontal shelf one end of said bearing portion, and an upright bearing portion. at the opposite end of said horizontal bearing portion a shaft journaled in said l'iorizontally extending bearing portion be' tors, the combination of a support adapted to mounted upon an engine casing, said support including a horizontally ex ending sleeve or housing having a magneto support ing bracket at one end thereof and an upright shaft supporting portion at the opposite end thereof, a shaft journaled in said sleeve or housing and extending longitudiially thereof, an ignition magneto mounted upon said bracket and coupled to one end of said shaft, and a fuel feed controlling governor including a shaft journaled upon the upright portion of the sleeve or hous ing and in driving connection with he no posite end of said shaft.

3. in a controlling device for ato trac tors, the combination a support, an igni tion magneto mounted upon one end. of said support, a fuel controlling governor mounted upon the opposite end of said support, shaft journaled upon the support and in driving connection at its oposite ends with the magneto and governor shaft, and an engine driven shaft arranged at right angles to the first-named shaft and journaled at one end in said support and in gear with said first-named shaft.

i (ll) Iii 4. In a controlling device for auto tractors, the combination of a support having a magneto supporting portion at one end and a governor supporting portion at its opposite end, a magneto mounted. upon said magneto supporting portion, an upright fuel feed governor mounted upon said governor supporting portion, a shaft journaled upon the support and in direct driving connection at one end with the magneto shaft, worm gearing between the opposite end of said shaft and the governor shaft, a shaft driven by the engine and arranged at right angles to the first-named shaft and journaled at one end in said support, worm gearing between said engine driven shaft and the said first-named shaft, and means for attaching said parts as a unit through said support to' an engine frame or casing.

5. A. controller for auto tractors comprising a horizontally disposed sleeve or housing having a supporting bracket at one end to support a magneto and having an upright portion at its opposite end for supporting a governor, a fuel controlling governor having its shaft journaled upon said governor supporting portion, a shaft journaled in said horizontally extending sleeve or housing and having one of its ends arranged for driving connection with the magneto, an engine driven shaft arranged at right angles to the first-named shaft and journaled at one end in said sleeve or housing and in gear at said end with the opposite end of the said first-named shaft, and means for attaching said sleeve or housing and the parts carried thereby as a unit to the engine frame or casing.

6. A controller for auto tractors comprising a horizontally disposed sleeve or housing, a magneto supporting bracket at one end of said sleeve or housing, an upright governor supporting member at the opposite end of said sleeve or housing, a shaft journaled in said sleeve or housing and having one end portion arranged in proximity to said bracket for driving connection with the magneto shaft, and having its opposite end arranged in proximity to the governor supporting portion for driving the governor, a fuel feed governor mounted upon said governor supporting portion and having its shaft in gear with the first-named shaft, and a drive shaft receiving motion from the engine and in gear with the firstnamed shaft,

7 A controller for auto tractors comprising a horizontally disposed sleeve or housing, a magneto supporting bracket at one end of said sleeve or housing, an upright governor supporting portion at the other end of said sleeve or housing, a governor including a shaft supported by said upright ated by the governor for controlling the feed of fuel to the engine, a shaft journaled in said sleeve or housing and having one end portion arranged adjacent to the bracket for driving the magneto and the other end portion thereof arranged in proximity to the governor supporting shaft, worm gearing between the latter-named end of the shaftv and the governor shaft, a shaft driven by the engine, and worm gearing between said shaft and the magneto and governor driving shaft.

8. A controller for auto tractors comprising a horizontally disposed sleeve or housing, magneto supporting means at one end of said sleeve or housing, governor supporting means at the opposite end of said sleeve or housing, a fuel feed governor mounted upon the governor supporting means and including a movable controlling member, a rocker movable by said member, a spring controlling the movement of said lever in one direction, means for transmitting motion from said lever to a fuel feed controlling part of the engine, a shaft journaled in the sleeve or housing and having one end portion arranged adjacent to the bracket for driving connection with the magneto and its other end portion arranged in proximity to the governor supporting portion, gearing between the latteriamed end of said shaft and the governor shaft, a drive shaft receiving motion from the engine, and gearing between said drive shaft and the first-named shaft.

9, In an internal combustion motor having a cam shaft and a throttle valve fuel supply, the combination of a main governor drive shaft in gear with and driven by the cam shaft, a centrifugal governor having an upright shaft or spindle in gear with and driven by said main governor drive shaft, a throttle valve governing device controlled by the governor, a magneto having its shaft longitudinally alined with and driven by the main governor drive shaft, and a supporting housing carrying the governor and magleto and enclosing said main governor drive shaft and the gearing between the said main governor drive shaft and the motor cam shaft and upright governor shaft or spindle, said housing receiving the geared ends of the shafts and forming a unitary support for the magneto and governor adapted to be attached to the front of the motor casing, and means for detachably connecting said housing to the motor casing.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HENRY QUENSEL. 

